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Wednesday, April 2, 2014

"What is a Godparent? Can my satanist cousin be a Godparent?"

A quick note about what a Godparent is: a person who will help ensure that a person is raised in the CATHOLIC Faith. I have no idea why anyone would have a non-Catholic Godparent.

The average Catholic today understands very little about the Faith. I'd be discretionary about which CATHOLICS I asked to be a Godparent. Here's how I rank the field of potential Godparents in the world:

Here is how I think some people rank the field of potential Godparents in the world:

How about asking a Catholic to help pass on the Catholic Faith to your child if, God forbid, something should happen to you and your spouse?

Let's say you don't like the line of reasoning that "it is simply common sense that a person would select a Catholic to be a godparent." Well, here's Church law to help clarify it for you beyond the realm of common sense. Thanks to "Catholic Doors" for the research. Here's the Canon Law requirements for a Godparent:

Q. 1. To qualify as Godparent, does the person have to meet certain requirements?

A. 1. Yes! Not everyone qualifies to be a
Godparent. The Catholic Church provides
a detailed guideline that must be obeyed. "To be admitted to undertake
the office of Sponsor, a person must:" [Canon Law # 874.1]
a. "be appointed by the candidate for baptism, or by the parents or
whoever stands in their place,
or failing these, by the parish priest or the minister; to be appointed
the person must be suitable
for this role and have the intention of fulfilling it;" [Canon Law #
874.1.1]

b. "be not less than 16 years of age, unless a different age has been stipulated by the diocesan
Bishop, or unless the parish priest or the minister considers that there is a just reason for an
exception to be made;" [Canon Law # 874.1.2]

c. "be a catholic who has been confirmed and has received the blessed Eucharist, and who lives a life
of faith which befits the role to be undertaken;" [Canon Law # 874.1.3]

2 comments:

When we were taking a baptism class before the birth of our first child, another mother attending the class wanted her Sikh brother-in-law to be her children's Godfather or Christian Witness. She tried to argue with the instructor that Sikhism was a Christian religion. She also wanted her non-practicing Catholic sister to be their Godmother. It was sad.

Please Pray for My Brother Nathan

O great St. Peregrine, you have been called "The Mighty," "The Wonder-Worker," because of the numerous miracles which you have obtained from God for those who have had recourse to you. For so many years you bore in your own flesh this cancerous disease that destroys the very fibre of our being, and who had recourse to the source of all grace when the power of man could do no more. You were favoured with the vision of Jesus coming down from His Cross to heal your affliction. Ask of God and Our Lady, the cure of the sick whom we entrust to you. (Pause here and silently recall the names of the sick for whom you are praying) Aided in this way by your powerful intercession, we shall sing to God, now and for all eternity, a song of gratitude for His great goodness and mercy. Amen.